E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 192: Episode 192: Things Aren’t What You Think

Chapter 192: Episode 192: Things Aren’t What You Think

What did you just say?" Zhou Xueyin didn’t miss it, but wanted to make sure she really hadn’t heard wrong.

"I said, wherever you go, whatever you want to do, I’ll always be with you," Wei Jingzhu repeated.

"You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? You want to be my boyfriend?" Zhou Xueyin, drunk, lifted her head and suddenly let out a silly laugh, "Okay! I agree!"

Before Wei Jingzhu could react, Zhou Xueyin kissed him...

Wei Jingzhu was caught off guard, feeling the salty liquid flowing into his mouth. Although Zhou Xueyin had just been laughing foolishly, when she kissed him, she was crying, seemingly seeking comfort.

He knew she was suffering inside and was well aware that Zhou Xueyin’s company had reached a bottleneck, which is why she was throwing caution to the wind, abandoning work to enjoy life.

"I’m tired... so tired. The internet is too tiring, I don’t want big and small weeks, and I don’t want to leave work at 7:30 every evening! I don’t want to have to keep smiling at those hypocrites!" Zhou Xueyin left Wei Jingzhu’s embrace and ran to the seaside, shouting loudly.

"Yinyin... keep it down, this is Hong Kong, you’ll disturb the residents, the police could take you away..." Wei Jingzhu pulled her back, holding her tightly, comforting her, "If you don’t want to do it, then don’t. I also don’t want to do the internet anymore, let’s do something else together! You decide what!"

"Really?" Zhou Xueyin looked up, the moonlight shining in her eyes, sparkling.

"Yes! Really! Screw the internet! Whoever wants to do it, let them dare!" This time, Wei Jingzhu took the initiative to kiss Zhou Xueyin.

He too wished to escape the industry. What was the point of writing countless articles? They were but a drop in the bucket when trying to secure commercial pieces.

Even inferior products had to be shamelessly hyped, while capable products were ignored due to lack of promotional funds. In such a money-driven internet industry, what else was there to hold on to?

If it weren’t for the chance to bump into Zhou Xueyin at lunchtime, Wei Jingzhu would have quit long ago and enrolled in a course on film post-production.

Of course, the chance encounters had rarely been successful, as Zhou Xueyin hardly ever took lunch breaks. Another reason was that he hadn’t saved enough money for the courses, so he had no choice but to remain as he was.

Wei Jingzhu carried the groggy Zhou Xueyin back to the hotel, only to find that the door to her and Kang Siyin’s room was tightly closed, with the room card inside her bag, which they had taken with them into the room, leaving him no choice but to take her to his own room first.

When Wei Jingzhu pushed open his room’s door, he found that Yang Ye was also not there, which was strange.

Just as he was about to call someone, he remembered they hadn’t had the chance to exchange phone numbers for their stay in Hong Kong.

With no other options, Wei Jingzhu lay down in front of several room doors, listening for any noise inside. If there was still talking, he would knock and see if he could find Zhou Xueyin’s room card.

Just by coincidence, at that moment, bursts of laughter came from Zhou Xueyin and Kang Siyin’s room, indicating that the group was still awake.

"Little K, Jixiang, open the door..." Wei Jingzhu knocked on their door.

"Coming!" Li Jiniang came over to open the door, "Xiaojing? Where’s Yinyin?"

"Yinyin’s had too much to drink, she’s asleep now..." Wei Jingzhu peered into the room and saw several people were still playing poker, not at all ready to rest, "Then I’ll let Yinyin sleep in my room, you guys carry on!"

"Take good care of Yinyin, heh heh heh..." Li Jiniang laughed gossipingly.

"Hey... have a good time, don’t stay up too late..." Wei Jingzhu couldn’t object, but it also wasn’t right to announce that the two were now dating while Zhou Xueyin was not there, so he let it be.

Back in the room, he moved Zhou Xueyin onto his own bed and covered her with the comforter.

He then lay down on Yang Ye’s bed and started playing video games on his PSP...

The next morning, driven by her biological clock, at 7:30 Zhou Xueyin climbed out of bed, "Hmm? Oh no! I didn’t brush my teeth or remove my makeup before sleeping last night! My skin is doomed... Ah! Xiaojing! Why are you in my room? Where’s Little K?"

Wei Jingzhu was awakened by Zhou Xueyin’s frantic voice, sleepily looking at her, "Morning... any headaches? Feeling unwell anywhere?"

"No, wait a minute... I drank too much last night, right? Then what did I do?" It was impossible for Zhou Xueyin to forget her outburst at the beach the night before, but recalling it now felt like it had all been a dream.

"Last night you ran to the beach, yelling at the top of your lungs, and then the police caught you. I carried you back while they were asleep. Would you believe that?" Wei Jingzhu was secretly laughing as he made this up, not to mention that the other person wouldn’t believe it.

"Nonsense! How annoying!" Zhou Xueyin remembered that they had indeed kissed last night, that it wasn’t a dream, and her face instantly turned red to the tips of her ears, "I’m going back to my room! You can keep sleeping!"

"Just sleep here... your room card is with Little K and the others. It looked like they played until quite late last night, and they’re probably still asleep now," Wei Jingzhu yawned, "I’m going to keep sleeping in."

"But I need to remove my makeup..." Zhou Xueyin wrinkled her nose at him and then went into the bathroom to do just that.

After washing her face, she wasn’t sleepy anymore, whereas Wei Jingzhu had fallen back into a deep slumber.

Zhou Xueyin sat by his bed, quietly looking at his face, "I didn’t realize... you’re actually quite handsome..."

"Hmm?" Wei Jingzhu seemed to have heard that. He half-opened his eyes and pulled Zhou Xueyin into his arms, "Stay and sleep with me a little longer..."

Zhou Xueyin meant to push him away, but being held by him felt quite comfortable, especially after hearing Wei Jingzhu’s steady heartbeat, her sleepless eyelids gradually fell heavy.

After a quiet moment, the two of them fell asleep in each other’s arms.

Who knows how long they slept when the sound of a door opening came from outside, followed by Yang Ye’s gossip-laden cough, "Ahem... Junior Brother, who would have thought! Nice going!"

Hearing Yang Ye’s voice, Wei Jingzhu immediately sat up on the bed, "Senior brother? You’re back? Oh, no, it’s not what you’re thinking... stop that gossipy laughing..."

Seeing Yang Ye with an all-too-eager gossipy face, Wei Jingzhu felt he was at a loss for words.

"Never mind, I won’t blab. You better spill the beans during lunch!" Yang Ye raised his eyebrows, "I’m going to wake up Little K and the others."

Wait? Based on what Yang Ye said, didn’t they sleep together?

"Yinyin, time to get up." Zhou Xueyin’s sleep was so deep, she didn’t wake even during their conversation.

"What time is it?" Zhou Xueyin groped in the air with her hand, as if looking for her cellphone.

"Stop looking, it’s almost 1 PM..." Wei Jingzhu hadn’t expected it to be so late either.

"Shoot! It’s already 1 PM! Today’s schedule is totally messed up..." Zhou Xueyin, who had already sat up, collapsed back down onto the bed, disheartened.

Yes, they had planned to visit the wax museum today, but by the looks of it, they were probably going to be too late. They’d have to meet up with Yang Ye later and see what his plans were.